How long will you live? That depends on your zip code

Published by The Guardian US on December 14, 2016

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/14/life-expectancy-depends-on-zip-code-inequality

How long you’re likely to live shouldn’t depend on where you live, but in the U.S., it often does. Life expectancy varies dramatically between neighborhoods because of deep-rooted inequalities in income, education, environment, and access to quality health care. These disparities reveal how social and economic forces, not biology, shape who lives longer and who doesn’t.